Wrestling
DUNEDIN, May 2. The Dunedin wrestling season opened before a good attendance at the Town ! Hall tonight, Pete Managoff 17.10 de- 1 feating Pierre la Salle 16.6 by two falls j to one. La JSalle took his in the third j 'round with a body press after two dropkiclcs but thereafter Managoff was J really the only one in it aiid obtainedl the equalising l'all in the fifth round ! with a duinp. The bout ended in tlie j sixth round when Managoff slammqd I his opponent into a body press after a j series bf headlocks and dropkicks. The match yas marked by ' some clever wrestling but Managoff obviously car: riejl himself under wraps.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1949, Page 6
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115Wrestling Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1949, Page 6
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